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dc.contributor.authorSabates-Wheeler, Rachel
dc.coverage.spatialRomaniaen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialKyrgyz Republicen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialKyrgyzstanen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T15:37:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T15:37:49Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationSabates-Wheeler, R. (2006) Safety in small numbers : local strategies for survival and growth in Romania and the Kyrgyz Republic. Working paper series, 265. Brighton: IDS.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4056
dc.description.abstractUsing a comparative study of farm households from poor rural communities in Kyrgyzstan and north-east Romania this paper explores the intricacies of a variety of forms of cooperation in agriculture. The findings highlight the safety net, labour specialisation, asset-pooling and service delivery functions of different groups that enable rural livelihoods to at times cope and at times improve in situations of imperfect information, sluggish labour and land markets and constrained capital markets. The research presented here indicates that small to medium forms of cooperation provide the rural poor with predictable livelihood strategies under conditions of uncertainty. Specifically, cooperative action, in the form of groups, substitutes for imperfect markets. Despite the push for decollectivisation and privatisation across transition countries there remains a place for encouraging group initiatives, at least for the medium term, on grounds of both poverty alleviation and agricultural growth. Keywords: land, productivity, efficiency, assets, Central Asia, institutionsen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherIDSen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS working papers;265
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen_GB
dc.subjectAgricultureen_GB
dc.subjectPovertyen_GB
dc.subjectRural Developmenten_GB
dc.subjectWork and Labouren_GB
dc.titleSafety in small numbers : local strategies for survival and growth in Romania and the Kyrgyz Republicen_GB
dc.typeIDS Working Paperen_GB
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen_GB
dc.identifier.koha157072


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